"THOU CROWNEST THE YEAR WITH THY GOODNESS." Is not this our language tonight? Brought through another year, a year of trials, temptations, and storms, and yet a year crowned with countless mercies from above. Looking back we thank God for every want supplied, every promise fulfilled, a thousand evils prevented, unnumbered blessings bestowed. What sins we have committed! What duties we have neglected! What privileges we have slighted! How faithless we have been, and yet how faithful has been our God. Not one thing has failed of all that He promised. Our obligations owing to Him are infinite; our praises should be constant and unending. Our lives and bodies should be wholly consecrated to God. As for me, He hath dealt graciously in pardoning my sins, in hearing my prayers, in subduing my fears, in protecting my person, in guiding my feet, and enabling me to hold on in His righteous ways. O my soul, trust in the Lord, He is thy help and thy shield! Call upon Him in every future trouble. Surrender to Him all that is dear and precious in thy esteem. Let me rest in the Lord, wait patiently for Him, and trust Him more heartily than ever, for He hath dealt graciously with me.

For Meditation:
Then in the history of my age,
When men review my days,
They'll read His love in every page,
In every line His praise.